FOI 12367

Enforcement of Approved Documents J and G of the BuildingRegulations

Request

I formally request certain specific information on the enforcement of Approved Documents J and G of the Building Regulations by the local authority Building Control Department of your council.

APHC’s request is as follows:

Please could you tell me how many breaches have been identified and how many enforcement actions or prosecutions made,by this council, due to non-compliance with Approved Document J (heat producing appliances) and Document G (Sanitation, Hot Water Safety and Water Efficiency) of the Building Regulations in the last three years?

In order to understand the level of resource available to the council, please can you also identify the number of buildingcontrol officers that you have available to deal with notified work and enforcement actions related to parts J and G of the Regulations?

Provision of this information in the table below would be preferred and will make the data easier to process.

Name of Local Authority: ……………………………………..

2012

2013

2014

Number of occasions where breaches of Part J of the Building Regulations were identified

Number of enforcement actions due to non-compliance with Part J of the Building Regulations*

Number of prosecutions due to non-compliance with Part J of the Building Regulations**

Number of building control officers involved with Part J of the Building Regulations

No of occasions where breaches of Part G of the Building Regulations were identified

Number of enforcement actions due to non-compliance with Part G of the Building Regulations*

Number of prosecutions due to non-compliance with Part G of the Building Regulations**

Number of building control officers involved with Part G of the Building Regulations

*Defined as any formal or informal actions taken to order or encourage compliance

**Defined as any legal action, successful or unsuccessful, taken as a result of non-compliance

Please use the following codes when answering the above:

Costs prohibit providing data = CP Data not available = NA

If your local authority is not responsible for ensuring compliance with Part J or Part G (e.g. responsibility rests with the borough rather than the county council),please state this explicitly. Any written response that adds context to the data provided is also welcome.

If any or all of the information requested cannot be provided or is not held, please also detail the exemptions listed in the Freedom of Information Act 2000 whichhave prevented you from doing so in your reply.

Response

Please could you tell me how many breaches have been identified and how many enforcement actions or prosecutions made,by this council, due to non-compliance with Approved Document J (heat producing appliances) and Document G (Sanitation, Hot Water Safety and Water Efficiency) of the Building Regulations in the last three years?

In order to understand the level of resource available to the council, please can you also identify the number of buildingcontrol officers that you have available to deal with notified work and enforcement actions related to parts J and G of the Regulations?

Provision of this information in the table below would be preferred and will make the data easier to process.

Name of Local Authority: ................BRENTWOOD BOROUGH COUNCIL

2012

2013

2014

Number of occasions where breaches of Part J of the Building Regulations were identifiedAny issues are dealt with as they occur on site. No records are separately kept.

Number of enforcement actions due to non-compliance with Part J of the Building Regulations*None, other than noted above

Number of prosecutions due to non-compliance with Part J of the Building Regulations**NoneNumber of building control officers involved with Part J of the Building RegulationsFour.

Number of occasions where breaches of Part G of the Building Regulations were identifiedAny issues are dealt with as they occur on site. No records are separately kept.

Number of enforcement actions due to non-compliance with Part G of the Building Regulations*None, other than noted above

Number of prosecutions due to non-compliance with Part G of the Building Regulations**None.

Number of building control officers involved with Part G of the Building RegulationsFour.

*Defined as any formal or informal actions taken to order or encourage compliance

**Defined as any legal action, successful or unsuccessful, taken as a result of non-compliance